This author has not written his bio yet.
But we are proud to say that leelikesbikes contributed 2172 entries already.
24-year-old ripper Nick Moore from Demon Dirt and Demon snow has a degenerative eye disease that requires an expensive surgery. Friends in the bike industry have donated lots of cool items to help raise money. Check out the eBay auction. Auction items include bike frames, helmet cam, tires, bars, stems, pedals, wheels, sunglasses and signed […]
Logan, a coaching client and beginning rider from Colorado Springs, is rocking a $600 Kona Blast hardtail. He’s learning to Ride (capital R) before he buys his 6-inch dream bike. Here are the tweaks I recommended for him and his Blast.
The Golden Bike Park in Golden, CO officially opened last Saturday to much fanfare and many riders. Here’s a sample of the goods:
When I signed up for yesterday’s Boulder Cup cyclocross in the 35+ Cat 4 class, I had no idea what to expect. As a new CX racer, would I get my ass kicked, or would I kick ass and look like a sandbagger? I did NOT sandbag, but I did have fun.
Hi Lee, I have read elsewhere that handlebars should be 1″ below or about even with the saddle height. On my 6″ travel all mountain type bike the fork has adjustable travel. If I need to weight the front end while climbing I can lower the fork. Going downhill I can put the fork back […]
A fire is burning in Boulder Canyon. I canceled today’s skills clinic and am staying home in case we need to evacuate again. Feeling pretty anxious. — 11:45 a.m. Friday – The order came in: Prepare to evacuate. — 1:15 p.m. Friday – Van contains the essentials: P.3, Stumpy, Enduro (Tricross is race-prepped at Boulder […]
Today I lived one of my nerdy dreams. I went to the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, hooked my Tricross to a CompuTrainer-equipped trainer and got my pedaling stroke analyzed with SpinScan software. This experience confirmed some things I was feeling, and it blew one notion out of the water.
After several years of process, last night the Superior board of trustees approved construction of a new bike park. I plan to include a pump track, dirt jumps, rock features and a kids’ area. Yeah, we’re talking about a pump track scaled for Strider bikes. Design happens over the winter. We start building in spring. […]
Now that I’m back from NorCal, I’m focused on learning my S-Works Tricross so I can race it half-decently this weekend.
After last weekend’s coaching sessions, I really needed a good ride. The kind of ride where you go so fast you can’t think of anything. The kind of ride where training and skills and preparation and technique all dissolve into a cloud of braaap! Actually, I’ve been needing that ride for a long time.
The science and art* of mountain bike skills training got its pro card last week in NorCal. I went out there to teach high school mountain bike coaches how to teach mountain bike skills. *Science first
While driving from Boulder to SLC today: – Planned this weekend’s training sessions. – Rode some sweet Santa Cruz trails. – Won Survivor.